US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Oct. 21 for "Terminal block" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,055, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal block" was invented by Yuta Kanematsu (Mie, Japan) and Junichi Mukuno (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal block of a novel structure is disclosed which can improve the heat dissipation performance of a terminal while achieving a size reduction with a small number of components. The terminal block is provided with a terminal including a connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal on a tip side and a fixing portion on ...